Indeed - they did say that the lights on G-KITZ were a late-in-the-day
modification. They implied that lights can be retrofitted reasonably easily.
Jeremy Davey
Europa XS monowheel 537M
-----Original Message-----
On Behalf Of Richard Iddon
Sent: 11 February 2002 21:24
Subject: Re: Position lights - wires after the fact
speak to Neville at the factory. They made up a 12 foot long 3/4 in. hole
saw and drilled through the ribs from the root to install a conduit.
Richard Iddon (533)
-----Original Message-----
From: forum-owner@europaclub.org.uk
clevelee@cswebmail.com
Subject: Re: Position lights - wires after the fact
Thanks for the suggestions folks -
Mounting he strobe on the fin had occurred to me, but I was concerned that
the line of sight of top of the cabin is less than 30 degrees from a light
mounted on the top of the tail. Is the PFA approving this installation in
the UK?
Re. pulling new wires with the original - well, they are pretty well bonded
and strain relieve into place!
Cleve
A198
On Fri, 08 February 2002, "Fergus Kyle" wrote:
>
> Cheers,
> Subject: Re: Position lights - wires after the fact
>
>
> > Put a single strobe on the tip of the fin!>
> ...unless you have installed the vertical halfwave dipole in the rudder
> closeout. The grounded wire might skew the VHF signal some. ...and I had
> plans for that fin top!
> Happy landings
> Ferg
>
>
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